Record card holder



1932- LE ROI E. HUTCHINGS 1,843,434

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Patented Feb. 2, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT @FFICE LE ROI E. HU'IGHIN'GS;F BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNCR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENT$,

'IO REMINGTON RAND INQ,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE RECORD CARD HOLDERApp1ication filed May 10, 1926. Serial No. 107,961.

This invention relates td record card holders and relates morespecifically to holders in p which the corners of record cards areengaged to maintain said card in convenient reference position. i

A In record card holders heretofore used, the visible area of the recordcard has been appreciably reduced by the devices for holding the recordcard onto'the support member. 9 Also the holding devices do notconveniently receive'a signal. Some holding devices employ aconsiderable amount ofcelluloid which materially increases the cost ofthe devices.

An object of this invention, therefore,is 5 to provide a record cardholder in which a maximum visible area of the record card is obtained. I

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the classdescribed which will readily support a signal device.

A still further object of the invention is to reduce the amount ofcelluloid required to a minimum or entirely avoid its use, thus reducingthe cost of manufacture of the card holders; also to improve record cardholding devices in other respects hereinafter specified and claimed.

Reference is to'be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which,

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of one form of my improved record cardholders.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of another form of my record card holder.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of another of my record card holders, with amodified supporting device for the holder.

Fig. 4c is a perspective view of a corner pocket for one of my cardholders.

. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary front elevation of a corner of the card holdershown in Fig. 1 before assembly. I

Fig. 6 is a transverse sectionalview through a corner pocket taken onthe line 66 of Fig; 2.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary front elevation of a corner of the card holdershown in Fig. 2 before assembly. I Fig. 8 is a form of the card holdershown in Fig. 3 witha modified indexing device.

' card holder devices.

Referring to the drawings in detail, my imroved record card holderconsists preferably of a body portion or holder card which may be of anysuitable flexible material such as heavy kraft paper. This holder card10a or 106 may be provided at the top with a plurality of diagonal slotsor openings 11 for the purpose of receiving the upper corners of arecord card 12. In order to mount or receive the lower corner of card 12on the holder card, a piece of celluloid preferably transparent having aplurality of triangularv shaped folds 13 may be attached to the lowercorner of card holder 10a by any suitable means such as a stitch orstaple 14, or the like as shown in Fig. 8. This celluloid fold 13 formsa pocket 15 into which the lower corner of record card 12, Fig. 2, maybe received, and a signal 16 of any desired construction or color mayalso be received in said pocket 15 in order to indicate activity of saidrecord card 12. r

By suitablyshaping the card holder before assembly I am enabled toentirely avoid the use of celluloid and therefore considerably reducethe cost of manufacturing my record As shown in Figs. 5 and 1, the cardholder 10 may be cut out to form a triangular shaped lug or pocketmember 17, said lug having bend lines 18 and 19. In order to assemblethe pocket, the lug 17 is bent about lines 18 and 19 to form a pocket 20on each side of the holder card 10, said pockets being preferablysecured in position by a stitch or staple 21. Thus it is seen that thepocket is entirely formed integral with and composed of the kraft papercard holder 10.

. W hen it is desired to attach a record card 12 to only one side of acard holder 10?), Figs. 2, 6, 7, the pocket member 22 may be soconstructed that the pocket at the front of the card holder is composedof a double thickness of kraft paper for reinforcing purposes. Beforeassembly the card holder 10?) will be cut out as shown in Fig. 7 to formtwo triaIl-j gular shaped lugs or pocket members 23 and 24:. The lug 28will have bend lines 24a and 25, while the lug 24 will have a bend line26. To assemble, lugs 23. and 2e are bent about 190 bend lines 25, 26and 24a so as to form the double reinforced pocket 22, the latter beingattached firmly to the card holder 10?) by means of staple 27.

The card-holding device may be made selfindexing or visibly indexing bydifferent ways such as by forming a cut-out portion 28 along the bottomedge of the record card 12, said portion 28 forming an opening throughwhich can beseen words or other legends 29 printed on the bottom edge ofthe holder card 106. By forming a tab 30 on the bottom of card holder100, Fig. 8, I am enabled to use a rec- 0rd card 12a of standardrectangular shape since the index legends 31 may be printed on said tab30 and will be visible below the bottom edge of the record card 12a.

The card holders, 10, 10a, 10b and 100 may be supported from slides orother card supports in a variety of ways suchas by attaching astiffening strip or spacing bar along the top edge of the cardholder 10by means of staples 33', Fig. 1. In this case a bend line may be formedin the card holder 10 adjacent strip 32 by a series of slots oropenings. 84.

The ends of the strip 32 then form. tongues 35 for insertion undersuitable flanges of a slide support so that the card holders 10 aremaintained in overlapping position with the strips 32' in abuttingposition, edge to edge.

As shown in Fig. 2, metal or other hinge clips 36" may be attached tothe top of card holder 10?) by suitable fastening tongues or I rivets37. The clips 36 may then be pivot- I on a supporting slide not shown.

the card holder 1041!. would be supported or ally mounted on suitablepins not shown,

these pins being attached to any desired supporting member so. as tomaintain the card holder 106 in convenient overlapping referenceposition.

As shown in Figs. 3" and 8, outstanding tongues 38 may be formed at thetop of. the cardholder 100, these tongues. being adapted to be receivedin suitable slots or flanges In this case suspended from the tongues 38in such a Way that the cards are in overlapping reference position, asis well known in the art.

I would state in conclusion that while the illustrated examplesconstitute a practical embodiment of my invention, 1 do not limit myselfprecisely to the ideas herein illustrated and described, sincemanifestly the same. can

u be considerably varied without departing from the spirit of theinvention as defined in .the appended claims.

I claim as my invention 1. In an index or file, a holder member forrecord cards, means connected to one marglnal edge of said member fordetachable engagement with a support, and for spacing said holder memberwith a free marginal portion in visible relation with similar marginalportions of' adjacent holder members, a U-shaped pocket-formmg memberembracing the corner portion of said holder mem ber at each end of thefree marginal portion thereof, and a fastener engaging the ends of eachpocket-forming member and the edge of said holder member, saidpocket-forming members providing record card corner receiving pockets atopposite sides of the holder member.

2. In an index or file, a holder member for record cards, means on onemarginal portion of said holder member for hingedly connecting saidmember in detachable engagement with a support, and for spacing saidmember from adjacent members on the support so that a free marginalportion thereof is visible, projections integral with the free marginalportion of said member at the end portions thereof, each of" saidprojections having a pair of sections, said sections overlying theopposite sides of a corner portion of said holder member and cooperatingtherewith to form a card corner receiving pocket on each side of saidholder member, and a staple extending through said sections of saidprojection and said holder member for securing said sections to saidmember, said staples being adapted to hold record card received in saidpockets against lateral displacement.

.8. In an index or file, a holder member for record cards, means on onemarginal portion thereof for detachable engagement with a support tohingedly mount said holder member thereon in overlapping relation withadjacent holder members and with a free marginal portion exposed invisible indexed relation, a U-shaped pocket-forming member embracing thefree corner portion of said holder member at each end of the freemarginal portion thereof, a staple extending through the ends of eachpocket-forming member and the edge of said holder member for securingsaid members in assembled relation to form pockets at the opposite sidesof said holder member, record cards detachably received on oppositesides of said holder member having the corner portions engaged in saidpocket-forming members, the firstmentioned marginal edge 'of said holdermember being formed to engage the opposite edges of said record cardsand retain them in engaged relation in said pocket forming members.

i. In an index or file, a holder member for record cards, means on. onemarginal portion thereof for detachable engagement with a support tohingedly mount said'holder member thereon in overlapping relation withadj acent holder members and with a free marginal portion exposed invisible indexed relation, a U-shaped pocket-forming member member andthe edge of said holder member for securing said members in assembledrelation to form pockets at the opposite sides of said holder member,record cards detachably received on opposite sides of said holder memberhaving the corner portions engaged in said pocket-forming members, saidrecord cards and holder being formed intermediate the pocket-formingmembers to provide a portion on each holder in adjacent visible relationwith a portion of said card, to visibly index both the card and holder.

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